This excerpt from "surfEXPLORE Discovering New Surfing Locations Worldwide" chronicles the challenging journey of John Seaton Callahan and The surfEXPLORE Group to find waves in the remote volcanic archipelago of Comoros, near Madagascar.
The narrative highlights the extreme difficulty of travel and the near-total lack of general tourism, largely attributed to the islands' history of political instability and pervasive government corruption.
Key themes include the chaos of inter-island ferry travel—where the uncomfortable, often cancelled journeys culminated in passengers violently vomiting into plastic bags—and the extortionate demands of local officials upon arrival.
Despite these logistical nightmares, the explorers successfully surfed uncrowded breaks, such as the ominously named "Dead Fisherman’s Point"